( yes, I'm sure it's been debated many times before- I spend too much time on these boards too..)
Interesting & witty piece of fluff from Psychology Today mag
The Truth About Beauty | Psychology Today
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The Truth About Beauty
here's a quote ( & yes, I'm deliberately taking it out of context...)
"Apparently, women need only open a page of Vogue and they're under its spell—they sleepwalk to Sephora to load up on anti-wrinkle potions, then go on harsh diets, eating only carrots fertilized with butterfly poo."